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May 19

Happy Monday everyone on this Victoria Day in Canada, and a special thank you to Suze of SLR (See Love Remember) for her great advice in her post for the Weekly Photo Challenge: Spring –

Oh, and the trick to keeping your tulip bouquet last for a long time: put them in a vase with only about an inch of water, refilling when needed. This prevents them from opening up completely, after which they usually quickly wither.

Thanks Suze; it worked brilliantly as you can see.

Thames iv

Composed upon Westminster Bridge, Sept. 3, 1802

by William Wordsworth

Earth has not anything to show more fair:
Dull would he be of soul who could pass by
A sight so touching in its majesty;
This City now doth, like a garment, wear
The beauty of the morning; silent, bare,
Ships, towers, domes, theaters, and temples lie
Open unto the fields, and to the sky;
All bright and glittering in the smokeless air.
Never did sun more beautifully steep
In his first splendor, valley, rock, or hill;
Ne’er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep!
The river glideth at his own sweet will:
Dear God! the very houses seem asleep;
And all that mighty heart is lying still!